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(NoMoael.)

A PLOW.

No. 372,557. Patented Nov. 1, 1887.

Massachusetts,

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PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent. No. 372,557.

dated November l, 1887.

Application filed April 11, 1887. -Serial No. 234,317. (No model To allwtom/ it iii/ty concern:

Be it known that l, JAMES H. MORLEY, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden and State of haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Flows, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to plows, the object being to provide a plow ofimproved construc- Io tion for turning the furrow-slice completely overor inverting it, and the invention consists in the peculiar constructionand arrangenient of the various parts of the plow, all as hereinafterfully described, and pointed out in 15 the claims.

In the drawings forming part of this specication, Figure l is aperspective view of a plow constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a 2C side elevation of the pivotedapron-frame.

ln the drawings,A is an oblong frame, which may be constructed either ofmetal or wood, having an elevated seat, K, thereon. The forward end ofsaid frame has two arms thereon,

25 between which is secured the draftbar 12.and

outside of the frame and at the side of one of said arms is pivoted acutting or eolter wheel, c, which wheel is adapted to rotate freely in aline with the landside of the plow. A colter- 3o wheel may be hung orfboth sides of frame A,

if desired.

ln that part of the frame A beneath the aforesaid extending arms thereonis fixed the share b, of suitable metallic construction, havas shown,about centrally between its edges, which are attached to thefranie,andhavingits upper surface rounded or beveled from a line drawn from saidpoint upward. Just back of the share b an apronhung` to rotate freelybetween the sides of the frame A, and at the opposite end of said framea second apron-roller, w', is hung in a higher positi-on therein thansaid roller w, and,lilie the latter,has a free rotary movement Aflexible endless apron, 10, niade preferably of stout canvas or leather,is hung on said rollers 1o and w at each end of the plow-frame, one endof said apron being turned half over, thereby imparting to that apronwhich extends between said rollers a spiral or twisted form, as shown.The

apron 10 is constructed, preferably, with a series of cross strips orbars, 13, attached in any suitable lmanner to its surface, and atraction-roller,y,having a ribbed surface, as shown, is hung to rotatefreely in the frame A near the forward end of the plow, and has such asurface engagement with the said apron 1() as to impart to the latter,when the plow is drawn over the ground, a longitudinal movement over thesaid rollers on which it is hung in the frame.

Two bearing-wheel levers, c and c, are fixed 0n a transverse shaft, 14,in the frame A, said levers extending toward the point of the share onthe opposite sides of frame A, and having the bearing-rollers d hung onthe ends thereof, as shown. One of saidlevers, e, has a handleextension,2, projecting rearwardly, and a second handle, 3, extending upwardlywithin the reach of a person sitting upon the seat K. A stop-bar, 6, isattached to the inner side ot' the handle 3 by its lower end, so that itis permitted to have a longitudinal movement on said handle, and thelower end of said bar is adapted to engage in the notches 5 in the edgeof the frame A, in order to retain the arms e, on which the rollers dare pivoted, in certain positions. The said bar 6 is given the saidlongitudinal movement to engage its end with said notches and todisengage it therefrom by the'elbow-lever 7, to which it is attached, asshown, said elbow-lever being pivoted to the said handle 3. A spring, 8,back of the elbowlever 7. so swings the latter as to keep the lower en'dof the stopbar 6 in engagement with either one of said notches 5.

Suitable handles, h, are bolted to the sides of the frame A, and servethe usual purpose' of guiding the plow.

An aprOnframe,H,(shown in side elevation in Fig. 3,) preferably ot'metallic construction, is pivoted at s between the sides of the frame A,and is capable of more or less vibratory movement therein. Asupportingroller, z, is hung between the sides of the rear end of theframe H, and may be, if desired, made like the above-describedtraction-roller y in the frame A, whereby it will be given au engagementwith an adj oining side of a second endless apron, 9, which is hung inthe frame H, as below described. An apron-roller, o, is hung to rotatefreely in each end of the frame described apron l0, which is hung in theframev lA, and apron 9 is, like the above-described apron 10, given aspiral position in the Aframe H corresponding to the position of theapron 10 by having one end thereofturned half over,

and thus arranged the said two aprons are brought side to side in spiralrelation; but the frame H, on account of its said pivotal attaehmentbetween the sides of the plow-frame A, is capable of more or less of avibratory movement in the plow-frame. The apron-frameH is providedwithasaddlc, o, which hangs beneat-h it and extends across its lower side,which is arranged about in the plane of the under side of the plowshareb, and serves to support the aprons and prevent them from dragging onthe ground when conveying the furrow-slice, as below described. A'hood,n, extends over and across the upper side of the apron-frame H, andserves to guard the upper side of the aprons and provide astrengthening-bridge for the frame H.

The operation of the above-described irnprovements inplows is asfollows: In order to govern the dip of the plowshare b so that a furrowof the requisite depthonly shall be out, the supportingrollers d are setto the proper positions by the handles 2 or 3 and there fixed, asdescribed. Upon starting the plow the furrow-slice mounts theshare b andenters between the ends of the aprons 9 and 10, and passes between saidaprons as the plow moves along, the aprons meanwhile taking up therequisite longitudinal movement, and, by reasonof their above-describedspiral positions, the said f arrow-slice, as it moves through betweensaid aprons from one end of the plow to the other, is turned completelyover or reversed and delivered at the rear end of the plow in thatposition, the said furrowslice being cut as the plow moves along by thecuttingwheel c, above described.

What I claim as my invention is.-

l. A furrow-slicercversing of a frame, as A., having a suitable share,substantially as described, fixed thereto, an endless apron, as l0,suspended on rollers in said frame in a longitudinal spiral position, anapron-frame, as H, hung pivotally in said frame A beneath said apron,having a second endless apron, as 9, suspended on rollers therein,having a spiral position corresponding to plow consisting said apron l0and lying side to side with the latter, and suitable traction-rollers,substan. tially as described, hung in said frames and.

having engagement with said aprons, combined and operating substantiallyas set forth.

2. The'frame A, the cutter-wheel c, hung thereon, and the share b, fixedthereto, the arms e e', having a common pivotal connection with saidframe, and the bearingwheels d thereon, combined with the handle 3, thestop-bar 6, having au engagement with the frame A, and the elbow-lever7, connected to said bar, substantially as set forth.

3. A plow having a frame, substantially as described, between the sidesof which are suspended on suitable rollers two endless aprons,substantially as described, lying side by side, having alongitudinallyspiral position and adapted to receive the furrow-slicebetween them as it passes over the share, and deliver said slice at therear of the plow, substantially as set forth.

4. The frame A, having the traction-roller y hung therein and the shareb lixed thereto, the eutterwheel hung on said frame, theapronrollers wand w', having a, free rotation in the latter, the endless apron 10,hung in a spiral position on said rollers, and the bearing-rollers d,hung on the arms e, having a pivotal connection with said frame, and thehandle 3, projecting upward therefrom, combined with the apron-frame H,pivotally hung in frame A, the roller z, having a free rotation in frameH, the apron-rollers v c, hung to rotate freely in the latter, and theendless apron 9, hung on the latter-named rollers in said frame H, sideto side with said apron 10, in a like spiral position to the lastnamedapron, substantially as set forth.

5. The frame A, having a suitable share, substantially as described,fixed thereto, an endless apron, as said frame in a longitudinal spiralposition, combined with an apron-frame, as H, hung pivotallyin saidframe A, having a second endless apron, as 9, suspended on rollerstherein, having a spiral position corresponding to said apron 10andhaving the saddle 'o thereon extending under the central portion of saidaprons, substantially as set forth.

JAMns H. MonLEY.

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